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The first new primatology text available in over a decade-24 chapters combine the latest in-depth findings on ecology, behavior, and conservation from top primatologists
List of contents
Foreword (Ian Tattersall)
Introduction (Donna Hart)
About the Contributors
Part I: Strepsirrhini And Tarsiers (Prosimians)
Chapter 1: Lorises And Galagos - The Lorisiform Primates (K. A. I. Nekaris, Stephanie A. Poindexter, Robert W. Sussman, And Ian C. Colquhoun)
Chapter 2: Ecology And Life History Of The Nocturnal Lemurs (Sylvia Atsalis And Robert W. Sussman)
Chapter 3: Diurnal And Cathemeral Lemurs (Ian C. Colquhoun And Joyce Powzyk)
Chapter 4: Tarsiers (Myron Shekelle, Sharon L. Gursky, Angela Achorn, And Ian C. Colquhoun)
Chapter 5: Reflections On Prosimian Biology (Robert D. Martin)
Part II. Neotropical Monkeys
Chapter 6: Tamarins, Callimicos, And Marmosets: The Evolutionary And Ecological Challenges Of Body Size Reduction And Reproductive Twinning (Paul A. Garber And Robert W. Sussman)
Chapter 7: Owl Monkeys: Under The Moonlight (Anneke M. Deluycker)
Chapter 8: Titi Monkeys: Tail-Twining In The Trees (Anneke M. Deluycker)
Chapter 9: Sakis, Bearded Sakis, And Uakaris: Platyrrhine Seed Predators (Christopher A. Shaffer And Patricia T. Ormond)
Chapter 10: Ecological Niches And Behavioral Strategies Of Capuchins And Squirrel Monkeys (Katherine C. Mackinnon And Michelle Bezanson)
Chapter 11: Howler Monkeys, Spider Monkeys, Woolly Monkeys, And Muriquis: Behavioral Ecology Of The Largest Primates Of The Americas (Michelle Bezanson, Karen B. Strier, And Robert W. Sussman)
Chapter 12: Primate Field Research In The Neotropics: Early History, Systematics, And Conservation (Anthony B. Rylands And Russell A. Mittermeier)
Part III. African And Asian Monkeys
Chapter 13: The African Colobines: Behavioral Flexibility And Conservation In A Changing World (Eva C. Wikberg, Elizabeth Kelley, Robert W. Sussman, And Nelson Ting)
Chapter 14: Ecology And Behavior Of The Arboreal African Guenons (Joanna E. Lambert, Robert W. Sussman, And Martha M. Lyke)
Chapter 15: Behavioral Ecology Of Patas Monkeys And Vervets (Jill D. Pruetz, Robert W. Sussman, And Jennifer D. Cramer)
Chapter 16: Mangabeys, Mandrills, Drills, Baboons, And Geladas (Pia Nystrom)
Chapter 17: Macaques: Ecological Plasticity In Primates (Pamela C. Ashmore, Donna Hart, And Christopher A. Shaffer)
Chapter 18: The Ecology And Social Structure Of The Asian Colobines (Rajnish Vandercone, Camille Coudrat, And Patricia T. Ormond)
Chapter 19: Commentary On Old World Monkeys (Larissa Swedell And W. S. Mcgraw)
Part IV. Apes
Chapter 20: Gibbons - Arboreal Acrobats Of Southeast Asia (Thad Q. Bartlett And Robert W. Sussman)
Chapter 21: The Orangutans: Asia's Endangered Great Apes (Roberto Antonio Delgado, Jr.)
Chapter 22: Gorillas (David B. Morgan, Robert W. Sussman, Kristena E. Cooksey, Kathryn Judson, And Crickette M. Sanz)
Chapter 23: Chimpanzees And Bonobos (Crickette M. Sanz, Robert W. Sussman, Stephanie Musgrave, Juan Salvador Ortega Peralejo, And David B. Morgan)
Chapter 24: The Wonderful World Of Apes ... And The Adventures We Have Studying Them (Michele Goldsmith)
Acknowledgments
About the author
Robert W. Sussman was a Professor of Anthropology at Washington University in St. Louis, and until his death in 2016 was considered one of the most outstanding field primatologists of his generation. He was the author of almost 200 journal articles, book chapters, books, and edited volumes on a wide range of issues in primate behavior, ecology, and conservation. In 2015, Bob published a landmark volume titled The Myth of Race: TheTroubling Persistence of an Unscientific Idea (Harvard University Press). His death represents a major loss to the world's primate community.
Donna Hart is recently retired from the Department of Anthropology, University of Missouri - St. Louis. She earned a PhD at Washington University in St. Louis. Her research areas include predation on primates and the ramifications of predation on early hominins. The latter topic is explored in Man the Hunted, the book for which Hart, and her co-author Bob Sussman, were awarded the 2006 W. W. Howells Book Prize from the American Anthropological Association. Preceding academics, Hart worked in the field of wildlife conservation, specializing in international wildlife treaties.
Ian. C. Colquhoun first conducted behavioral observations on lemurs while an undergraduate at the University of Western Ontario. Fieldwork on lemurs continued during MA (McMaster University) and PhD studies (Washington University in St. Louis). He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Western Ontario and current President of the Canadian Association for Physical Anthropology/l'Association Canadienne d'Anthropologie Physique and member of the Madagascar Section of the IUCN Primate Specialist Group.
